Langkawi Island

I still had a little over a week from when I left Melaka until I needed to go be back in Thailand to meet my Aunt Margie!! I was planning on heading back North to meet up with two of my British friends Holly and Kat who I had met in Laos, seen again briefly at Full Moon Party, and ran into again in Koh Tao. We origianlly wanted to meet in the Perhentian Islands off of the North East coast of Malaysia. But unfortunately, monsoon season had just arrived causing the islands to close down and push all tourists to the West Coast. That left the Duty Free island of Langkawi! Holly and Kat had already been there for a few days by the time I arrived early in the morning after a two bus, ferry, and very expensive cab ride journey! I was so excited they had waited for me to get there to rent motorbikes and explore the island!! We started with taking a cable car too the highest viewing point on the island 700 meters above sea level to take in the incredible views...

Next stop...Lubuk Sembilang Waterfall...

Holly and Kat!

 

and some random stops at beaches with boats...

I still had about a week to kill when Holly and Kat left the island on their trek to Singapore to board a flight to Australia! I spent the next few days relaxing on the beach, reading A Thousand Splendid Suns (By Khaled Hosseini; Highly Recommend!), going for runs, and much needed detoxing! But that can only last so long, and I eventually broke down and threw my "no new friends" rule out the window and spent my last few days laughing, playing cards, and having a few nights out with a great group of people!

Emma and Leo at the Traditional Indian Restaurant

Me with Hysterical Leo!